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This blog was started in 2010 as a tribute to Deanna and her films. On this site you will find reviews, photos, articles, video clips, old time radio programs, news and more.

April 22, 2010

The new Deanna DVD collection will be available June 9, 2010

Read more about Deanna's movies on VHS/DVD here in a post by Java Bean.I'm happy to report that the new set of Deanna DVDs is coming out June 9, 2010It will have 5 films that were not in the "Sweetheart Pack":Mad About Music | That Certain Age | Three Smart Girls Grow Up Because of Him | For the Love of Mary DEANNA DURBIN: THE MUSIC AND ROMANCE COLLECTION Description from the Turner Classic Movies "Vault Collection" site: Universal's beloved...

April 21, 2010

A newspaper report on Deanna's divorce from Vaughn Paul in 1943

(click on the image for larger view)As published in the Reading Eagle, October 14, 1...

April 20, 2010

Butch and Buddy from "Spring Parade" (1940)

Above: Butch and Buddy with Deanna Durbin in the film "Spring Parade" (1940)."Butch and Buddy" were a pair of kid actors played by Billy "Butch" Lenhart (1930-) Kenneth "Buddy" Brown (1932-). They appeared together in several Universal films in the early 1940s. The first pairing was in Universal's "The Under-Pup" (1939) starring Gloria Jean in her first film. They played the sons of Billy Gilbert's character.Universal needed two young boy actors...

April 6, 2010

Technical Difficulties on the blog...

I seem to have lost some background images for my sidebar...Now the blog looks so weird. Please bear with me as I work on locating this image and get this all fixed. Thanks. Tom Update: Everything looks OK now!!! - Tom...

April 4, 2010

Happy Easter 2010!

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